[PATCH] HV: hv_balloon: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Thu Feb 02 2023 - 09:09:29 EST


When calling debugfs_lookup() the result must have dput() called on it,
otherwise the memory will leak over time. To make things simpler, just
call debugfs_lookup_and_remove() instead which handles all of the logic
at once.

Cc: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dexuan Cui <decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-hyperv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c b/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c
index cbe43e2567a7..64ac5bdee3a6 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c
@@ -1963,7 +1963,7 @@ static void hv_balloon_debugfs_init(struct hv_dynmem_device *b)

static void hv_balloon_debugfs_exit(struct hv_dynmem_device *b)
{
- debugfs_remove(debugfs_lookup("hv-balloon", NULL));
+ debugfs_lookup_and_remove("hv-balloon", NULL);
}

#else
--
2.39.1